📍 13280 Griffin Dr, Fort Myers, Lee County, 33913
Gateway Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Myers, Lee County. The school has 840 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cherry Gibson. It is part of the Lee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gateway Elementary School enrolls 840 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 364 | 43% |
| White | 287 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 132 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 21 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
401 of the school's 840 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 401 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gateway Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 78.
Gateway Elementary School is one of 122 schools in LEE, based in FORT MYERS, Florida. The district serves 102,506 students district-wide and employs 4,977 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 840 students, Gateway Elementary School is close to the district average of about 840 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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